Chapter 375
Julian zoomed in on a particular figure through the footage.
“He’s also here,” he said looking at Xavier.
“I know p>
“Are you going to save us?” One of the girls asked.
“That’s right. All of you are going to get out of here safe and sound. I’ll make sure that nothing bad happens to either of you,” she assured.
It wasn’t long until Julian’s men arrived and the girls were immediately taken away to the door Julian had talked about earlier.
Everything was happening too smoothly and Anastasia felt something wrong was going to happen soon if care wasn’t taken.
The door Julian’s men had taken the girls through was a dark hallway with dimly lit lights, making it nearly impossible for the girls to see.
Anastasia followed behind them since there was no use going back inside and pretending to be serving drinks. However, she had this urging feeling to see Xavier one more time. She easily recognized him, but he couldn’t because of her appearance. They were so close but yet so far.
Anastasia discarded all thoughts and shut off her brain from ever thinking about Xavier at this time.
All of a sudden, a deafening explosion erupted, shaking the ground beneath them. The impact sent debris raining down, causing chaos as they scrambled for cover. The girls shrieked in terror, clutching onto each other as the shockwaves left them disoriented. Before they could fully recover, another blast, louder and more powerful than the first, tore through the air, intensifying the panic and leaving them trapped in the grips of fear.
Anastasia’s heart immediately skipped a beat in fear when she remembered that Julian was still inside the surveillance room.
Her heart thud against her ribcage. Fortunately, they were already close to the van.
“Take the girls to the van and hide in the bushes,” they ordered the men, and they immediately nodded before they continued to lead the girls away.
Anastasia turned and headed back inside the building. She could hear sharp bullets echoing in the air and that only meant one thing. Xavier had begun raiding the trade.
Anastasia resolved to make her way back to the surveillance room, though the task seemed nearly impossible with the staircase buried under a chaotic pile of debris. Determined, she shoved away every rock her strength allowed, leaping over jagged remnants of the cave. Her thoughts raced as her heart pounded—was Julian still alive? The possibility of Xavier finding him first haunted her. If he did, Julian wouldn’t stand a chance.
Anastasia paused when she saw a dead man wearing a battle suit. His uniform was different from the one Julian’s men were wearing which only meant they were Xander’s men who were supposed to watch the trade and feed him in on everything.
Without hesitation, Anastasia took his gun, checked the bullets, and continued her search.
She tapped on her earbuds. “Julian.” But the other side was still silent.
Her thoughts raced.
Downstairs, the gunshots only got louder with Anastasia not sure of who to shoot because she couldn’t see due to the debris.
Xavier fired at the men without missing a single shot with the rage that fueled deep from inside of him. He’d known something was off when Kace had informed him he didn’t see any of the girls, and the most important person he wanted to see at this event, he did not see him, so he asked for Maxwell to start bombing the bombs.
“So, what do we do now? What if this was a trap and Xander is probably watching us somewhere?” Kace asked as he killed the enemy before him.
Xavier didn’t answer when his eyes suddenly caught a figure from the other side. All the waitresses had already run for their lives, while some had been captured for questioning, same with the men that were intending to buy the girls. His dark eyes narrowed at the waitress, recognizing her. She was the one who’d been watching him earlier. And there was a gun in her hands. From the way she was holding it, it seemed she’d held it before.
Kace noticed Xavier was slightly lost, so he followed his line of sight, and it landed on the same waitress he’d seen going up.
“I saw her earlier. She must be one of them, let’s capture her for questioning. She would know something useful,” he said.
“I’ll handle it,” Xavier replied, leaving his hiding spot, and chasing after the waitress.
Anastasia shot at Xander’s men and each time, they seemed to be multiplying, making her wonder just how many he’d sent for this single event.
All of a sudden, she heard a voice in her ears, it was Julian.
“Where are you?” He asked. “The girls are in the van. I’m coming for you now p>
Anastasia was about to reply, but an enemy immediately appeared in front of her. She tried shooting him but nothing happened.
She was out of bullets. She’d been relieved when she heard Julian’s voice earlier, but now she was going to get killed if she didn’t think fast.
However, she suddenly heard a gunshot from behind her before the man standing in front of her could pull his trigger. He was already sprawled on the ground with his blood dripping from his body.
Anastasia was shocked. Without even looking, she was sure someone was right behind her.
“Turn around.” She heard, and her heart landed on her feet.
Hesitatingly, she turned, her eyes locking with her husband, Xavier. He was glaring at her so intently with a gun pointed at her very carefully.
“X.” She said, shocking Xavier, but his grip around the gun only tightened. “I’m not an enemy,” she began because, from the looks of things, he wouldn’t bat an eyelash before shooting her. He’d saved her from the enemy earlier, but who was going to save her from him now? “I was the one that helped those girls escape p>
A huge frown settled on his face, but he kept quiet.
“I’m not an enemy. I’m p>